There are about 849 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Uganda. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
KAE609 will be evaluated primarily for hepatic safety of single and multiple doses in sequential cohorts with increasing doses.This study aims to determine the maximum safe dose of the investigational drug KAE609 in malaria patients.
The overall objective of this study is to determine if a multi-component implementation intervention (SPIRIT) and additional leadership and management training that targets District Health Officers (DHOs) can increase IPT initiation among HIV-infected persons, as compared to country standard practices, in a cluster randomized trial in Uganda.
This study examines the impact and cost associated with Suubi4Her, an innovative combination intervention that aims to prevent HIV risk behaviors among 15-17 year-old girls living in communities heavily affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Participants will be randomly assigned at the school level into one of three study conditions: 1) Savings (Youth Development Accounts - YDA) - with a 1:1 incentive match rate - for education and microenterprise development; 2) Savings (YDA) + Multiple Family Groups intervention; 3) Control condition receiving standard health and sex education provided in schools. The intervention will last for 24 months. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 12, 24 and 36 months. Assessments will include biologically confirmed STIs, proportion of HIV infections during the study period, and for HIV+ participants markers for ART adherence. The study aims to examine the impact of the Suubi4Her intervention on behavioral health functioning, and protecting adolescent girls against known HIV risk factors. The study will also examine the cost-effectiveness of each intervention condition.
The Alcohol Drinkers' Exposure to Preventive Therapy for TB (ADEPTT) will examine the safety and tolerability of, and adherence to, 6 months of daily INH (6H) in 300 TB and HIV-infected persons (200 drinkers and 100 non-drinkers) in Uganda. The first aim is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 6H overall and by level of alcohol use. The second aim is to estimate adherence and compare adherence by level of alcohol use and at 3 and 6 months. Self-reported measures of alcohol use will be augmented by phosphatidylethanol (PEth), an established biomarker of alcohol use. Objective measures of adherence will include electronic pill bottle monitoring and a novel measure of INH exposure, INH concentration in hair. The study will actively monitor for hepatotoxicity using the U.S. standard of care for TB preventive therapy for heavy drinkers and discontinue if any Grade 3/4 toxicities are detected. The investigators will use the safety, tolerability, and adherence results, together with the known efficacy and mortality benefit of TB preventive therapy in HIV-infected persons in SSA, and an established decision analytic model of TB preventive therapy to conduct the third aim: to determine whether the benefits of TB preventive therapy outweigh the toxicity risks for HIV-infected drinkers in resource limited settings. The study will additionally follow the cohort every 6 months after completing INH to monitor drinking and the development of active TB.
This study will evaluate the frequency of ovulation and cervical mucus quality of HIV-infected women on efavirenz (EFV)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) using either a single etonogestrel (ENG) implant or two ENG implants for at least one year.
In Uganda and many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, health providers have minimal training and intermittent opportunity to maintain skills in managing delivery complications and acute newborn and pediatric conditions. Interventions like effective resuscitation assistance at the time of birth are lifesaving. Every 30 second delay in establishing effective resuscitation at birth increases the risk of death by 16%. The purpose of this study is to test whether medical simulation can improve acute care skills and confidence related to maternal and pediatric care emergencies.
To evaluate dolutegravir (DTG) efficacy in women who present with untreated HIV in late pregnancy. An open-label, multi-centre randomised controlled trial of DTG vs efavirenz-based regimens for women commencing cART in late pregnancy. HIV positive pregnant women presenting with untreated HIV infection in late (≥28 weeks gestation) pregnancy will be randomised 1:1 to receive DTG (50mg once daily) + 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) or EFV + 2 NRTIs (SoC)
This study develops and tests a behavioural and structural intervention to prevent unprotected sex among young female sex workers. Half the participants will receive the intervention and half will receive the standard of care.
This 3-arm cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) will compare (1) a comprehensive family planning (FP) program that incorporates a structured, multi-component safer conception counseling (SCC) intervention (SCC1) versus (2) a SCC training workshop for FP nurses (SCC2; less intensive and mimics approach used by Ugandan Ministry of Health (MoH) to integrate new services), and (3) existing FP services (usual care) at 9 HIV clinics (3 per arm) operated by The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda.
This study was designed to determine the most effective and tolerable dose at the shortest dosing regimen of the investigational drug KAF156 in combination with a solid dispersion formulation of lumefantrine (LUM-SDF) in adult/adolescent and pediatric patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. There is unmet medical need for anti-malarial treatment with new mechanism of action to reduce probability of developing resistance, and for duration shorter than 3 days of treatment and/or reduced pill burden.